#discipline

To the extent that we believe we can skip steps, avoid the process, magically gain power through political connections or easy formulas, or depend on our natural talents, we move against this grain and reverse our natural powers. We become slaves to time – as it passes, we grow weaker, less capable, trapped in some dead end career. We become captive to the opinions and fears of others.” (9) “This intense connection and desires allows them to withstand the pain of the process – the self-doubts, the tedious hours of practice and study, the inevitable setbacks, the endless barbs from the envious. They develop a resiliency and confidence that others lack. ↗

— Robert Greene

#hardwork #success #nature

This is the secret to mastering any discipline: as you conquer one, you'll find it easier to tackle another. ↗

— Jeff Goins

#writing-craft #writing-craft

Those tingles she’d felt in her abdomen spread lower. Her body recognised her lover’s voice, wanted him. ↗

— Starla Kaye

#erotic-romance #romance #erotic-romance

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that. ↗

— Jeffrey Archer

#call #carried #discipline #i #i see

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

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